外语语用能力:定义、教学与测试

Interlanguage Pragmatic Competence: Definition,Teaching and Testing

本文从定义、教学和测试三个方面讨论了外语学习者的外语语用能力。外语语用能力被认为是种知识,由语用系统知识和恰当使用语用系统的知识组成。对外语语用能力的教学研究还不多,已有的研究大都表明外语学习者的外语语用能力可以通过课堂教学得到提高,而且不同的教学方法产生的效果也不尽相同。虽然对外语语用能力测试的研究还处于初始阶段,但目前已研究出的几种测试方法都有较好的信度和效度。

This paper discusses the interlanguage pragmatic competence of foreign language learners from three perspectives： definition, teaching, and testing. Interlanguage pragmatic competence consists of two components： knowledge of a pragmatic system and knowledge of its appropriate use. Existing research shows that most pragmatic features are teachable, and different teaching methods have different effect on the learners. The pioneering studies on the testing of interlanguage pragmatic knowledge reveal inspiring results. The test methods investigated so far are shown to be basically reliable and valid.